What can you do?
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Gender roles have a big impact on society, these roles can be put on people at a young age. People may have done or changed stuff about themselves just because society can’t accept them for the way they are. It’s sad to see people giving up a part of themselves just because of society. It’s 2019 and it is time we change that. You should speak up when somebody is getting criticized for their gender because then people can’t be their selves, people stereotype jobs according to people’s gender, and are pressured by society.
Women are shown to be polite and men are shown to be aggressive and can’t be their own self and staying true to their personality. That being said it can lead to depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. As stated in the article called ‘The Negative Effects of Gender Roles’, “Trying to change or not accepting one’s personality can lead to internal conflict and unhappiness with the situation that the person is in” (Jones, 2016). We are believed to act a certain way to please others, when in reality it hurts us. The way society says we should act has also affected us when we want a job.
Gender inequality
Society stereotype’s jobs according to people’s gender all the time, which makes it difficult for women and men to get the jobs they want to do. An example of stereotyping, is a police officer is seen as a man’s job and a nurse is thought of as a women’s job. As stated by the BBC, “Previous studies have shown that these stereotypes – which shape our expectations about whether a man or a woman is a better “fit” for a given job – are powerful because they can bias a whole host of employment outcomes” (Thebaud & Doering, 2017). Stereotyping happens a lot in the work field which can crush people’s dreams because it’s something that a person wants to do for a living. Jobs being stereotyped for genders also has something to do with our actions.
Women and men are always being judged by being pressured for their actions. If a woman just cleans and doesn’t make food society will say that is not enough and if a man just does work around the house, then it’s not enough. As stated on Susty vibes, “I was criticized by society, they said I was not homely, that I was not good wife material.” (Ikegwu, 2017). That is a perfect example of how a woman is treated by society and how she is discriminated. Women and men being pressured by society occurs often, overall people should just do what their heart desires.
she is discriminated. Women and men being pressured by society occurs often, overall people should just do what their heart desires.
Gender inequality has many effects on people being their self, people stereotyping jobs for their gender, and being pressured by society for their actions. People can’t be their inner self due to people discriminating them for their gender and not being able to dress the way they want or for their personality. Jobs shouldn’t be gender based, women and men can do the same job if they want. Being pressured to do something that society made up for a certain gender is not fair for people to do what is not in their inner self. Society just needs to let people live their life without being discriminated about just being their self and doing what they want to do because it’s their life.
- Itzel Aispuro